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In awarding the prizes, the time taken in the forging and fitting of 
the shoe will be considered by the Judges. 
Each candidate will also be required to undergo an examination by 
the Judges, satisfying them that he possesses an adequate knowledge of the 
construction of the horse’s foot. 
A competitor must bring his own tools and provide his own striker if 
he requires one ; but the Society will provide forge, anvil, iron, nails, and 
fuel. 
The Judges report as follows : — 
In taking off the fore shoe and preparing the foot, a marked improve- 
ment was observed, the work was well done, and with four exceptions 
every competitor received the full number of marks allotted for this section 
of the work. 
In making and getting up the shoes, and in the time test, the work 
varied considerably, but it is only fair to say that in many cases this was 
the first competition of the kind that the men had taken part in, and also 
that some of the competitors were quite young men. 
The setting on was upon the whole good. The time test varied from 
22 to 45 minutes. 
Both the first prize winners were registered shoeing smiths. 
We examined thirteen men as to their knowledge of the anatomy of the 
foot, one passed “very good,” four “good,” and five “ moderate.” 
The horses selected to be shod proved to be admirably adapted for the 
purpose. 
At noon, on tlie Wednesday, Mr. Clement Stephenson, 
F.R.C.V.S., delivered at tlie Shoeing Forge a lecture on the 
subject of horse-shoeing, which was copiously illustrated by 
means of anatomical and other specimens. The address proved 
so attractive, and was so generally appreciated, that Mr. 
Stephenson acceded to a request to repeat it on the following 
day, whereby others interested in the subject were afforded 
an opportunity of listening to the discourse. 
Conclusion. 
A farewell glance at the Chester Meeting of 1893 must 
necessarily rest upon those features which possessed special 
merit. In what was universally admitted to have been a capital 
Show, fully up to the standard always aimed at in the “ Royal,” 
the points of special excellence in the Horse section were 
afforded by the Hackneys, the Shires, and the Clydesdales, 
whilst the class of Pony mares also deserves recognition here. 
In the Cattle section the display of the Welsh breed was one to 
be remembered, and the special classes allotted to Daily Cows 
and Heifers were eminently in place in a county which occupies 
a leading position in the dairying industry of England. In the 
Sheep section the ewe classes, especially of the Leicester, Cots- 
wold, Lincoln, Oxford Down, and Welsh breeds, called forth the 
unqualified admiration of the Judges. The display of Shrop- 
